Fastening for wall coverings



Nov. 22,1927; 1,650,111

R. DORI! FASTENING FOR'WALL COVERINGS Filed Feb. 24, 1927 Patented Nov. 22, 1927.

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My invention relates to improvements in' fastenings for wall coveringsja'nd moreparticularly fastenings which areadapted' to se cure wall coverings to their supports.

invention is especially adapted to secure composition wall coverings, such ascomposition sheathings, clapboards and the like, and particularlycorrugated coverings, to their supports which are usually'of metal. Where '10 the coverings are directly secured to their metal supports 'difiiculties arise from .the fact of an unequal expansion ofthe parts so that the coverings or fastenings are sometimes disrupted and the conventional way offastening the coverings is rather slow and unsatisfactory. invention is intended to produce a simple, strong and ratherjinexpensive fasteningfwhich can be readily" applied in am anner to secure the coverings to r 0 their supports and which will hold the covering in place so that it cannot be'accidently displaced, but will also hold it in a strong but yielding manner and in away to provide for the expansion and contraction of adjacent parts so that no disruption can follow. My invention is also intended to produce a fastening means which will be as durableas the covering itself and which will facilitate the rapid and accurate laying of the covering. More specifically, the invention comprises a fastening clip and attachments having opposed yieldingly connected members, one of which willhave a substantial contact with the covering and will lie in a corrugation thereof. if the covering is corrugated,

the-other of which is adapted to hook'on over the spaced supporting strips of the structure;

This construction and its advantages will 40 appear more clearly from the description which follows:

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the seven views. Y I Fig. 1 is a broken skeleton view of a structure intended to support a covering. Fig. 2 is a broken enlarged detail view partly in section showing the application of the covering to its support.

Fig. 3 is a broken face view of the structure shown in Fig. 2: and

Figs. .4 and 5 are details of slight modifications of the fastening.

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building is provided with s paced purlins and girthslO, which are usuallyof metal, to which the covering 11; is applied. I have shown this coverin-g in thelformofcomposition corrugated sheathings, a type of covering to. which. my invention is applicable.

The fastening itself comprises essentially a clip having spaced members 12 and13 which are not necessarily parallel,.but which "are generally parallel so thatthe inember12 can have a firm bearing against and'hook on over one'of thefpurlins 1( ),fwhile the members 13 will lie '21 corrugation ofthe covering 11 and have a substantial if bearing surface against the covering. laid in st rmgation in this way the fact'that thecoy'ering is cor rugated servestoprevent the'cl ip from I "twisting out of position. The parts 12 and 13 are connected together atone end only,v

preferably by an inclined member 14 which is integral with the meinbers 12 and 13,.but the particular form of connection is immaterial so long as it will produce a somewhat springy structure of the clip. Both legs or members of the clip are perforated, as'shown at 15 and 16, the perforations alining to receive a'fastening screw or bolt 17 and this extends through the overlapping cover members 11 and is preferably provided at its outer end with a washer 18. At its inner 'end thebolt is provided with a nut 19, and

it will be readily seen that the bolt can be thrust through a hole in the covering mem' ber 11, through the holes 15'and 16 and that 'the leg or member 12 can be thensimply hooked on' over one of the supports 10. Then the bolt 19 can be tightened up and the parts will all be locked firmly'together, but it will be noticed that the bolt 17 does not. pass through the purlin- 10 and so the latter can contractand expand without affecting the fasteningor the-covering, and the yielding or springy structure of the clip also permits. a springy slight movement of the H modified asto its shape in many Ways Without 'afiecti ng" the v invention, the essential thing of which is to have the members 12 and 13 disposed as shown so as to have a good bearing snnfaeeomthesupport;1Q, and.

on the covering member- 11, and still "have auspringy connectionQ If desired, the free end of the member 13 caniberiturned at right angles as at 20 in Fig. 4 so as to abnt with the support 10 and act'asa b race or a stiffen-e1- and, instead of having theparts .12 and 13 connected by the inclined member I ka dou- "ble member '21 .can 'senve as a connecting medium and-this structure shown in Fig. '5,

will suggest, the fact thatpthe iparts Band 13 might "be connected in many Ways Withouta'i'l'ecting theinventiom From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have devised a .Very simp'le and strong fastening which enables the coverv i'ng to be very rapidly andsecurc'ly applied to the support and that the connection is somewhat flexible to prevent disruption any natural causes, such as, expansion and .contractionfhigh winds or the like.

It will be noted that my improved fasten'ing can, be, applied to :a vertical Wall, a

roof, or any wa'llwhichi'sinclined,

I'claimr v 1.] Thecornbinationwith a Wall covering and a support of a'elip having 013-. ipo'sedfgenerally parallel 'legs 01-. members eonnected together at one end" only fand I spaced so that one leg of the clip engages hze support, landzthe tothen isfispacedzapart 7 from theisupporttand' lies against the Wall covering, and ai'astening element extending ,throughthewall covering and th both ssofthe clip. 7

213A 'a-stenin-g "for Wall coverings compris ng a onefpiece clip having opposed generally parallel legs or members connected together at one endjon ly, said members being spacedapart andvone being. longer than" the othenito engage a.s1 1pport,a fas "tening element adapted to extendthrough" Irthe walleoveri'ng andthrongh "both legs of the clip; i

377A fastening for Wall coverings come prising a clip having opposed legs or nn'ern hers v spaced apart, and generally parallel,

said members connecting at oneend only,

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